It has been quite a while since there has been a house update because we were having such bad building weather. We decided to just do what we could, without making this house turn into a huge stressor. We are plugging along, slowly, but still plugging along. Back to the …

We don’t have any flat spots anywhere on our land to build a house. This spot we chose is the closet thing to flat in this general area. While we want to use the slope of the land to our benefit, the spot for the house does need to be …

The floor we intend to use is a dirt floor. I will get into the details of that aspect when we do it, but it is not just dirt beneath your feet. It ends up nicely sealed so that you aren’t getting dirt all over the place. What I am …

We need a lot of clay and gravel for the cordwood build. We are going to have to collect and sift through all the clay we need to not only get the smoother clay, but to also get all the gravel out of the caly so we can use that …

The planning of this house has taken years. We have been researching and learning since well before we moved onto our land. We knew we would be doing someting different, and that we didn’t know how to do it, so learning as much as possible was necessary. We had to …

Happy Spring! Our house was designed quite differently than houses are often designed. Many people look at a cape or a split level and some fancy floor plans. You look at what color roof you want and what color shutters. How much can we get financed for? tends to be …

Building a house and living in a house both produce large amounts of waste. Not our house! This will be as close to a no waste as possible and our finished house will produce no where near what a conventional home might produce. Since we are using almost all natural …

Introducing the newest page on Homestead Houligan: The Cordwood and Dome Home In preparation for building our forever house, we spend hours drawing and calculating and planning details. This helps to work through possible design flaws and make sure we include all the things we want. I will continue to …